Drake’s die cast models: what’s the story?

A lot of our customers are die cast collectors and have been onto us for a while to build trailers, so we thought, ‘Why not?’. We did a 1:50 scale of our swingwing, which is the collectable scale,” Bruce explains.

"Through PACCAR, we also received a licence to produce the T908 Kenworth. We had to have a great Aussie truck in front of a great Aussie trailer! Models are another way of marketing the product. We’ve also introduced a range of merchandise, which is a first for a trailer manufacturer in Australia. Drake in the low loader industry is a bit like Harley-Davidson in the motorcycle world; it’s quite surprising what sort of cult following we have in the industry.

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